School: Lecks
- Location:
- Lecks, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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- (continued from previous page)Long ago in Ireland the alleged 'good brand of mountain dew' came from grain and after it was ready, certain people who were able to afford it, bought a small keg of the liquor buried it in the garden, where after it had remained for five or six years to cool off or 'mature', it was unearthed, and a very little given to special friends as a treat. But there was a man in a certain town in Cavan who was making the poteen in such large quantities that he became a regular menace to the district, and although the Royal Irish Constabulary were ever on the alert, they signally failed to obtain a clue of the offenders identity.
On one occasion when he had five or six barrels of the poteen ready for despatch to a(continues on next page)
- Informant
- P. Coyle
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Cornaleen, Co. Cavan
